Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2018 Dec;24(2):223-227. 10.0000/sms.2018.24.2.223.

Huge Cavernous Hemangioma of the Chest Wall: A Rarely Arising Benign Tumor of Chest Wall

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. tcvslee@gmail.com
  • 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.

Abstract

A 35-year-old female complaining of a painful huge right posterior chest wall mass was admitted. Chest computed tomography showed the pleural invasion of mass and deformed ribs. Suspected diagnosis was hemangioma. Entire mass was removed carefully and pleural biopsy was performed. The operation was finished after bleeding control and chest tube insertion. The mass was diagnosed as a cavernous hemangioma histopathologically. Cavernous hemangioma of chest wall is a rare benign vascular tumor. Surgical operation of hemangioma demands meticulous bleeding control because of risk of hemorrhage.

Keyword

Cavernous hemangioma; Neoplasms; Thoracic wall

MeSH Terms

Adult
Biopsy
Chest Tubes
Diagnosis
Female
Hemangioma
Hemangioma, Cavernous*
Hemorrhage
Humans
Ribs
Thoracic Wall*
Thorax*
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